Celtics have nine victories in a row

 

The Celtics accumulated their ninth straight victory on Sunday in the game against the Raptors that ended 90-77 and are leading the Atlantic Division, the victory came in the hands of Paul Pierce with a game-high 18 points and power forward Kevin Garnett with 16.

The Irish team is 20-2 and this is their longest winning streak in 14 years, and their fastest start since the 1963-64 title season, when they won that championship.

Boston’s strong point has being their defense during this season, as stated by Garnett:

"Our philosophy is that defence is going to win games for us, following the wire-to-wire victory. "We are trying to have the defence fuel the offence, and it's been working." He said.

It seems like Boston’s offensive is wisely divided, and everybody’s shooting fine, the big three Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen and Paul Pierce, are well complemented with a powerful defense.

“That's going to be our staple pretty much all year long, we're going to take pride on the defensive end.” Pierce said.

And even without Allen playing the last two games due to a sore right ankle, the Celtics are one of the most fearful teams around.

The Celtics are currently leading the opponent’s average and scoring differential and are ranking No. 1 in the NBA in points allowed (87.3 per game), opponents' field goal percentage (41.3%), opponents' three-point percentage (30.6%) and opponents' rebounds (37.3).